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Lisa Buksbaum

 

Member profile details

First name
Lisa
Last name
Buksbaum
 

My Story

The Change I Want to See in the World
I want to inspire millions of people to take active roles in self-healing to experience greater physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing using Positive Psychology insights and interventions.
Books That Greatly Influenced My Life
Flourish (it's how I discovered MAPP and Positive Psychology), Little People Who Became Great, The Story of My Life by Helen Keller, Synchronicity by Chris Mackey, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Fun Facts About Me
I get my energy from swimming and engaging in meaningful conversations with others. I'm a big hugger.

I have had a life-long love affair with New York City and am a proud New Yorker.

I enjoy writing, traveling, singing, dancing (I'm always the first and last on the dance floor), and spending time with my granddaughters, Charlotte and Natalie.
 

Personal information

Bio
Author, social entrepreneur, and Positive Psychology thought leader, Lisa is a passionary: a visionary driven by great passion and action. An intuitive healer, well-loved inspirational speaker, and expert workshop leader and facilitator, Lisa has shared her wisdom with thousands of people throughout the world to help them enhance their lives through Positive Psychology insights and easy-to-use interventions. Three experiences with death and illness in her family during a 10-month period motivated her to launch Soaringwords, a not-for-profit organization devoted to inspiring individuals and professionals to take active roles in self-healing to experience greater physical, emotional, and mental well-being.

Since 2000, Lisa has shared Soaringwords’ SOARING Into Positive Wellbeing Initiatives with more than 500,000 people. She is the author of SOARING into Strength: Love Transcends Pain, her debut memoir. Audiences around the world have resonated with her candor, wisdom, and biting humor as she shares her personal tragedies and triumphs to motivate people during difficult times.

Lisa is president of the International Positive Psychology Association’s (IPPA) Positive Health and Wellbeing Division where she hosts the popular Sci-Why: Thought Provoking Conversations With Positive Psychology Thought Leaders live webinar series.

Lisa graduated with an MBA in Marketing from Columbia University Graduate School of Business and a Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) from The University of Pennsylvania where she also received her undergraduate degree with honors. She has a certificate in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and a certificate from the American Institute for Mental Imagery.

Lisa has been a keynote speaker, moderator, and panelist at dozens of professional and scientific conferences including the International Positive Psychology Association (2023, 2021, 2019, 2015, 2013); European Positive Psychology Conference (2022, 2018, 2016, 2014); Canadian Positive Psychology Conference (2018, 2016, 2014); International Positive Education Network (2018, 2016); and The Wholebeing Institute Well-Being Conference (2017).
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Professional Information

Employer
Soaringwords
Job title
CEO & Founder
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Primary Focus
Soaringwords’ mission is to inspire people to take active roles in self-healing to experience greater physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing.
Primary Focus Details
Since 2000, Soaringwords’ interventions have been shared with more than 500,000 individuals in communities experiencing health inequity or serious illness through partnerships with 196 hospitals around the world, health and human service agencies, and long term care facilities throughout North America. The SOARING Into Positive Wellbeing Initiative workshop series is a seven-module program that teaches Positive Psychology concepts through video modules, interactive workbooks, and engaging pay-it-forward expressive projects.
Active Professional Interests
  • Business
  • Chronic Illness
  • Civic engagement
  • Consulting
  • Family/Parents
  • Health Care
  • Humanities
  • Large-scale policy
  • Media
  • Military
  • Old age
  • Primary Education
  • PTSD
  • Secondary Education
  • Therapy
Professional Skills
  • Consulting
  • Facilitating groups
  • Leadership development
  • Project Management
  • Speaking
  • Teaching resilience
  • Writing
Fluent in Languages
  • English
Certifications
Certificate in Non-Profit Management, Columbia Univ. Graduate School of Business; The Birthing of Giants program, MIT University, Inc. Magazine, and Young Entrepreneurs Organization; and Certificate in Healing Imagery, American Institute of Mental Imagery.
 

Education

Degrees Before MAPP
MBA in Marketing, Columbia University, 1984

BA with honors, University of Pennsylvania, 1982
 

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Speaking Experience

Interested in Speaking Referrals
Yes
Speaking Topics
I've spoken to 5,000 Johnson & Johnson employees in 7 countries; keynote at the Accenture Global Partner meeting; inspirational speaker for Cisco Take Our Children to Work Day for 2,000 people; inspirational speaker at hundreds of corporate employee-engagement events for Fortune 50 companies ranging in size from 50 to 500 people.
I have led workshops and been an invited speaker for 16 international scientific conferences. Additionally, I have been a workshop facilitator/speaker for health and human service agencies and municipalities in numerous locations.
Experience speaking to large audiences
Yes
Video Clips and Recommendations
Year-long SOARING into Strength workshop program in Silicon Valley: https://www.dropbox.com/s/h88bfqj7j1u1xx7/Soaringwords%20SOARING%20Into%20Strength%20Pos.%20Health%20Testimonials.mp4?dl=0

Jersey City Health & Human Services Leadership Testimonials for Soaringwords' SOARING into Strength: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqhPAtT0O74

Jersey City Health & Human Services Employee Testimonials for Soaringwords' SOARING into Strength: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tdi1bfqr5q5oqzg/Soaringwords%20Jersey%20City%20Health%20%26%20Human%20Services%20Agency%20Employee%20Testimonials.mp4?dl=0
 

Publications

Book 1 Cover
Book 1 Title
SOARING into Strength: Love Transcends Pain
Book 2 Cover
Book 2 Title
Contributing Author to Second Chances: From Surviving to Thriving
Capstone title and abstract
Soaringwords Empirical Research to Measure the Well-being of Hospitalized Children
https://repository.upenn.edu/mapp_capstone/40/
 

Contact data

Province/State
NY
Country
USA
MAPP Geography
  • USA - NYC Area
 

MAPP Information

MAPP Graduation Year
2013
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